Stringstalker
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I have a mouth piece. It was $6,000 and insurance didn't help much. It does seem to help with me sleeping. Want pictures, of the device, I can share them. Had elastics on both sides
I'm glad this device seems to be working for you and your hunting partners. But….. I have worked in the field of sleep medicine for nearly 30 years and have seen oral appliances work to reduce apnea, and I've seen it make apnea worse based on the anatomy of the user and type of apnea. It is best to have an oral appliance made by a trained professional and have a simple home test to validate efficacy.For several years I have worn a "night time dental mouth guard" made by BRIGHT GUARD (Amazon) that works quite well. It stopped my nightly snoring and allowed me to get much better sleep. The moulding of the guard is the tricky part as it is a challenge to learn to do it properly. Three of us in elk camp wear them in camp. Highly recommend, seems almost any brand will do but the BRIGHT GUARD has large breathing slots.
OMGLen I hope you are off Ambien.I used it too and was told more people die from Ambien than world war 1 and 2 combined.
Read this study.
Glad you cleared that up, I was thinking you were pretty ruthless.My bad. Ment electric scooter not wheelchair batteries.
I've worked in respiratory for 9 years and this question of camping with a Cpap comes up a lot. Some of the best options came out in the last few years with small travel cpaps that don't use a humidifier. Heating the water uses a lot of electricity so by using a closed system with a special filter allows your own respiration humidity to maintain a tolerable level of humidity and saves electricity/battery time. Here's a good option on the market that utilizes this system. Lots of good, lightweight battery options on the market to go with this.
AirMini portable CPAP
AirMini is a small portable CPAP machine from ResMed that provides quality sleep apnea treatment for travel or home use.www.resmed.com
Second, I'm not a huge fan of the mouth guards. There is not a ton of data and reputable studies that prove the efficacy of them. The fact that they are prescribed by dentists and not a sleep doctor or Pulmonologist says something. There's rarely (Polysomnogram) testing for these mouth guards that proves any diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea, or any testing post fitting that proves an improvement in a reduction of apneas. Another big indicator that this is not a fix for the problem is that I don't believe your insurance can be billed for these mouth guards, so most pay out of pocket for this treatment.
Talk to a primary doctor if a person feels as though they've got any symptoms of sleep disordered breathing. (Morning headaches, hypertension, chronic fatigue, a-fibrilation, and a host of others, and also snoring being a relatively small part of the picture)
However, in personal experience in duck camp a few years ago my buddy forgot his snoring mouth guard. The entire shack could feel his snores in the floor boards. Next night there was absolutely no snoring with his guard in. (Less booze the second night was a big factor to lol).
If the goal is long term health improvements and better sleep, look into a CPAP. If your goal is respecting your camp buddies, or getting byWithout electricity a few days, a mouth guard might be a nice option.
ThanksLen I hope you are off Ambien.I used it too and was told more people die from Ambien than world war 1 and 2 combined.
Read this study.
I can relate to a lot of what you said.Yes, stop smoking. How? Stop putting them in you mouth.
Reformed smoker who likes to annoy people.
I know, I know.
@ DJ Morrison.
She says I snore on my back. Pre CPAP.
I think I have always been restless,tossing and turning.
I still try lay on my side, back, stomach.
I use a nasal pillow mask. It works for me.
I twist my pillow up in my sleep. I kill one a year.
I think the machine helps, if nothing else the numbers are better. Apneas below 5 generally below 3 and they say that's good.
Drink is not my friend, if I enjoy a few the numbers rise and I wake after about 4 hrs. I blame the sugar from drinks.
I reckon I could do well if I lost 30lb, I'm not big but I'm conscious of my weight and it's affect on snoring.
On that note I walked my dog today, been a while.